Decent fee that, what's his best position
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Decent fee that, what's his best position
Would he be our new CF? I like the look of him, but where will he play, I feel we need a left footed winger on the right.
Sign him up. I’m sure with Ralf upstairs we can get him cheaper as well.
He looks a good player but not sure where he fits in, RW and ST are the positions that need filling and he would be a square peg in those positions.
No 10 or second striker or false 9 unfortunately. He's been playing as a 10 lot of time but this season at his best been playing as striker either second striker or recently was lone striker. He's like Muller I think.
Does Nunez fit us better then?
Then you've clearly not watched him enough.
I don't know. That's up to the manager how he wants to play. ETH has played Tadic as false 9 in 18/19 but also played Haller or Huntelaar type of striker. But then again, probably better sign Nkunku than Nunez if Ronaldo stays.
Which position would he play for us then, do you think he can be a ST in the premier league?
Less then the total fee Citeh have paid for Bernardo Silva
Reminds me of Saha who would complimemt well with a flexible attacking setup with his creativity, power/pace and finishing ability.
Yes! Let’s sell our best player in the last two years! Epic idea!
snap their hands off for that price....that's a bargain by Uniteds standard when paying for an attacking player
Get him and Antony...fuk having a traditional number 9 and just put up top some mobile and fast players. FFS...Pool and City have been doing it for years with great success
I just think it's strange United would go for him, he doesn't actually solve any of the position needs they have. I don't really like the idea of Nkunku as the CF either.
He could play anywhere across the front 4 positions for us, especially ST and RW. Look at his numbers for each position this season, he's a very consistent player.
And let's face it, only Ronaldo has been consistent this season.
To the posts about our RW position needing priority, its worth noting Sancho is a very capable right winger too. As I'm sure are genuine traditional wingers like Raphina. But we can bring all the targets in tomorrow and they'll still look like square pegs if there's a shit full back behind them. They'll be doubled up on and nullified out of the game completey.
We need a proper right back to support the right winger, and we'll see that flank flourish. Sancho can do it there but he cant do it on his own. No one can.
We need a proper right back to support the right winger, and we'll see that flank flourish. Sancho can do it there but he cant do it on his own. No one can.
Tbf, United can't control who becomes available on the market each summer. He might just be too good of an opportunity to pass up on this summer if he's available for a reasonable price.
Risk is someone else takes him or that he has another incredible season and the price goes up again.
You need the right type of RB, I'd say. We need a version of Robertson on the right who stretches the pitch to open up the half space inside.
I just think all efforts should be prioritized on Tchouameni rather than Nkunku who really would be best in Sancho's position, or Bruno's, and neither of those guys are going anywhere anytime soon, so I don't understand the interest. I get he's having a great season, and if those reports are true, he's available at a reasonable fee (no certain that's the actual case), but it's still spending a chunk of change on someone United simply doesn't need as badly as other areas.
Don't all quality full backs do this? Of course some like Cancelo tuck into midfield and influence there too, but I still see them stretching out wide.
I don't want another square peg RW who can do a job there but isn't a proper one, i'm sick to death of that, we've been doing it for years. Nor do I care about his versatility either, we have enough players to cover LW and AM already. Can he make the ST position his own in the premier league was the question.
We might enough players to cover those positions, but we most certainly don't have enough of the right quality players to cover those positions.
I think it solves our lack of identity and the beginning of setting up a system.
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United should be focusing on signing players they need in both position they require and also ''identity''. Not just one of them but actually both of them. If there is no place for player to play at their best then it doesn't solve anything.
Valid points, but it could also be the intention to eventually replace Bruno with him and we'd use him as CF and RW for a season. It's not like he can't play those positions, he's been very good there.
I understand people wanting specialists (I want them too), however if ten Hag has a plan for him there, I'd trust that plan. Just look at Foden, Cancelo, Mane and Havertz. They all aren't necessarily playing in their best position. The difference is, their managers know what they are doing.
This is a good point. Its not all about improving in positions but also in terms of players who can fulfill roles.
We don’t require him? I don’t understand he’s capable of playing across the front three whilst have pace, agile and good feet. Name me another player in our squad with all those attributes?
And great at pressing from the sound of it.
No one.
What sets him up from being a Timo Werner?
I don’t think Timo Werner could be Timo Werner next season. It must be statistically impossible to be as unlucky in front of goal as he has been this season again
Good point. He can do that too, coming from an actual pressing club.
I guess he would be an instant upgrade to Rashford and good replacement for Greenwood.
Would love to see it , feel he is destined for a Chelsea or Liverpool
if liverpool can play jota, salah and mane as a front line we certainly could play nkunku, sancho and elanga/rashford/ronaldo(if he sticks)/antony
We still need to sign a forward, with Cavani leaving and Greenwood not playing, and Rashford/Martial being totally useless.
Let’s sort our own team out before worrying about others.
Son Heung-Min, Højbjerg, Matip, Thiago, de Bruyne, Gündogan, Rüdiger. Literally the laziest argument.
I neither say we do or don't require him and I wouldn't know the answer since I don't know what kind of attacking style Ten Hag wants at United. You are not reading what I just told you. I counter your argument of saying that we sign him based on the player meets the ''identity'' but you are not looking at both things of both identity and roles. We should be looking at both. For example, if his best position is no 10, why should we sign him this summer after giving Bruno a new contract? He spent lot of his time at RB Leipzig playing as attacking midfield of behind striker or this season as second striker in 2 striker position. Him being capable to play wide as good as he is in the middle is still debatable, even if he is capable to play wide as good as he offers in the middle, another question appears whether it is right or left, if it is left then once again we have Sancho and Rashford that already covered the position. I even checked this in Transfermarkt, his most played position at RB Leipzig is second striker and attacking mid, in comparison to wide area, it's very small number that he even play there and even when he does, he plays on the left more than on the right. If you can provide something to backup your statement, share it.
I didn't say it as an argument. Just wanted to know what's his attacking ability that makes people sure this is a player with an ability rather than someone benefitting from poor defence.
I wanted to see why people are sure about him because I hardly watch him.
Anyway you mentioned one attacker/forward on your list.
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